CA2296993C - Installation for moving persons from a mountain station into a valley station - Google Patents
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Abstract
The installation for moving persons from a mountain station to a valley station has a supporting cable which is guided via supporting pylons or the like. Carriages, to which there are attached transport assemblies, can be displaced along the supporting cable. Each transport assembly accommodates at least cane person. The transport assembly may be a cabin, a chair, a supporting harness, or the like. A supporting and guide rail is fastened on the supporting cable and the carriage can be displaced along the supporting and guide rail from the mountain station into the valley station.
Description
$T;iTAL ATTS~.I~T FOR MOVING PERSONS F OR M A MOUNTAIN STATIOjl T~TO A_ VAT~LEY S'~,T~.ON
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The prca ent invention relates to an installation fox moving personi~ from a mountain station into a valley station. The instal:Lation has a supporting cable, which is guided via supports, and carriages that can be displaced along the supporting cable. An arrangement is fastened on the carriages fox accommodating at least one person for transport. The transport arrangement may be a cabin, a chair, a supporting harness, or the like.
An installation of this generic type is known frog the intern~.tional PCT publication WO 98/36811. There, between a valley station and a mountain station there is arranged, on the onE. hand, a haulage cable, which can convey transporting means, e.g. carriages provided with a supporting harness, to the mountain station, and, on the other hand, a rail which is borne by supports and along which the carriages can descend from the mountain station to the valley station.
The published document, however, only discloses such an installation in diagrammatic terms, whereas design details which axe critical for erecting such an installation, and operating it safely, are not disclosed.
The obaect of the present invention is thus to provide an inetal:lation.which is intended for moving persons from a mountain station into a valley station and satisfy the design and ea:Eety requirements.
With tile foregoing and other objects in view there is provided, in accordance with the invention, an installation for moving persons from a mountain station into a valley station, comprising:
a supporting cable extending from a mountain station to a valley station;
a carr~.age displaceably disposed along the supporting cable;
a tran~~port assembly, such as a cabin, a chair, or supporting harness, or the like, for accommodating at least one person attached to the carriage; and a supp~~rting and guide rail fastened on the supporting cable along which the carriages can be displaced from the mountain etatio:z to the valley station.
In acc~~rdance with an added feature of the invention, a plurality of pylons support the supporting cable between the mountain station and the valley station.
In accordance with an additional feature of the invention, the l0 supporting and guide rail is a T-shaped rail having a vertical web with a top end fastened on the supporting cable and legs latera:Lly projecting from the vertical web. The laterally projecting legs form a running surface for the carriage.
In accordance with another feature of the invention, brackets f.astenc~d at the top end of the vertical web of the T-shaped rail enclose the supporting cable and they are displaceably disposE:d with respect to the supporting cable.
In accordance with a further feature of the invention, eddy-current: brakes are disposed along the supporting and guide rail fc~r controlling a speed of the carriages moving along the supporting and guide rail.
In accordance with again an added feature of the invention, a number of strips of magnetically non-conducting material are fasten=d on the supporting and guide rail at locations of the inetalLation along the rail at which the carriages are to be braked. The strips may be formed of copper, aluminum, and/or high-grade, stainless steel.
In accordance with again an additional feature of the invention, the carriage comprises at least four running roller~a disposed to roll on the legs of the T-shaped rail and at leai3t two mating rollers adapted to roll on an underside of l0 the leas opposite from the running rollers. Furthermore, four guide ::ollers may be provided to roll on the vertical web of the T-c3ha~ed rail.
In accordance with again another feature of the invention, the supporting and guide rail ie formed of a multiplicity of individual rail sections that are interconnected with brackets .
In accordance with again a further feature of the invention, the supporting and guide rail is disposed in straight segments and cuzwed segments between the mountain station and the valley station. The strips of magnetically non-conducting material are fastened on the supporting and guide rail at locaticne upstream of the curved segments in a travel direction from the mountain station to the valley station. And the carriage carries at least one permanent magnet adapted to interact with the strips for braking the carriages upstream of the curved segments of the supporting and guide rail.
In acc~~rdance with yet an added feature of the invention, deflecting rollers support the supporting cable in the curved segments of the supporting and guide rail. In this case, a plurality of pylons support the supporting cable via the deflec~=ing rollers, and struts attach the supporting and guide rail to the supporting pylons.
In acc«rdance with a concomitant feature of the invention, a plurality of struts support the supporting and guide rail on the su~~porting pylons in the curved segments.
Other ::eatures which are considered as characteristic for the invent:i.on are set forth in the appended claims.
Although the invention is illustrated and described herein as embodis:d in an installation for moving persona from a mountain station into a valley station, it is nevertheless riot intended to be J.imited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made therein without. departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims.
The construction and method of operation of the invention, however, together with additional objects and advantages thereof will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accomp,~.nying drawings .
P~'~'L,e f -'~~ c r~2n 2t,_~'~le D ray~t.1,313.s Fig. I is a schematic plan view of such an installation;
Fig. 2 is a side view of the mountain station of the instal'Lation Fig. 2~i is an end view of a support;
Fig. 21~ is a side view of the valley station of the instal:lat ion;
Fig. 3 is a side view of the supporting and guide rail and a carriage;
Fig. 3<< is a plan view of the supporting and guide rail and a carriage;
Fig. 3k~ is a section taken along the line III-III of Fig. 3;
Fig. 4 shows a side view of a supporting pylon arranged along the pa~~h taken by the rail; and Fig. 4;~ is a plan view of the supporting pylon of Fig. 4.
Deecri~~tion of the Preferred Embodiments;
Referring now to the figures of the drawing in detail and first, particularly, to Fig. 1 thereof, there is seen an inetal:lation which is intended for moving persons from a mountain station into a valley station. The installation includes a conveying assembly 10 which is located between a valley station 1 of the installation and a mountain station 2 of the installation and is intended for carriages by means of which :individuals can be moved from the valley station 1 to the mountain station 2. The conveying assembly is formed, for example:, by an inclined lift or by a supporting and haulage cable t:o which the carriages can be coupled.
Since this part of the installation may be designed in any desired manner and does not form a constitute part of the invent9.on, it will not be explained in any more detail.
Running from the mountain station 2 ie a downwardly eloping rail 3 which.is borne by supports and pylons, is located at a distance from the ground and has rectilinear segrnente 3a and curved segments 3b, supporting pylons 7 being provided at least in the regions of the curved segments 3b and having the rail 3 fastened on them. A boarding location 21 ie located in the mo»ntain station 2 and a disembarking location 11 is locate~3 in the valley station 1. At the boarding location 21, a carriage with at least one passenger moves onto the rail_3.
The ca:~riage then descends by gravity along the rectilinear segments 3a and the curved segments 3b of the rail 3, without additional drive, to the disembarking location 11, which is located in the valley station 1.
Referring now to Figs 2 and 2a, there ie shown the design of the boarding location 21. At the boarding location 21, the guide rail 3, which is borne by supports 6, is aligned more or less horizontally. Carriages 4 are fed along the guide rail 3 1S in the direction of the arrow A and are provided with a supporting harness 40 which serves to accommodate passengers who pass into the boarding location 21 via a ramp 22. The more or less: horizontal section of the rail 3 is adjoined by downwardly inclined sections, as a result of which the carriactes 4 begin to descend to the valley station. In this region, the guide rail 3 is borne by pylons 7.
At the disembarking location 11, which is illustrated in Fig.
2b, thE: guide rail, once again, is designed with horizontal segment.a 3a, in which the carriages 4 are decelerated to the extent that the. passengers can alight from them. Thereafter, the carriages 4 are moved in the direction of the arrow B to the conveying assembly 10, by means of which they are transported to the mountain station 2.
The designs of the supporting and guide rail 3 and of the carriages 4 and also the fastening of the supporting and guide rail 3 will now be explained with reference to Fige 3, 3a and 3b.
l0 A cable 5 serves to fasten the rail 3. The cable 5 ie anchored firmly in the mountain station 2, is guided over deflecting rollers and supporting rollers, mounted on the supporting pylons 7, and is prestreeeed in the valley station 1 by means of a tensioning apparatus. The supporting and guide rail 3 is of T-shaped design in cross section. A more or less vertically aligned, central web 31 ie fastened on the cable 5 by means of U-ehap~-d brackets 33. The brackets 33 can be displaced with respect= to the cable 5. Both central web 31 and the two legs 32, which project transversely therefrom, of the T-shaped rail 3 serve ae guide tracks fox the rollers 41 of the carriage 4.
Furthermore, the individual sections of the rail 3 are coanect~ed to one another by means of brackets 35.
The ca~:riages 4 are equipped with two pairs of running rollers 41, which roll on the top side of the two legs 32, a pair of mating rollers 42, which roll on the underside of the two legs 32, an~3 two pairs of guide rollers 43, which roll on the two aide surfaces of the web 31.
Provided on the rail 3, in order to control the speed at which the carriages 4 descend along the rail 3, axe stripe 36 which are made of magnetically non-conducting material, in partic~.zlar of copper, of aluminum or high-grade steel (e. g.
stainless steel), are arranged, in particular, upstream of curved segments 3b of the supporting and guide rail 3 and are l0 assign~ad permanent magnets 46 arranged on the carriages 4.
Along with the stripe 36 made of non-conducting material, the permanent magnets 46 fulfill the function of eddy-current brakes, the action of which is directly proportional to the speed «f the carriages 4. As a result, the speed of the carria~~es 4 descending along the supporting and guide rail 3 is con~_rolled such that a reliable maximum speed is not exceeded, this ensuring the safety of the passengers. The braking strength of the eddy-current brakes ie advantageously adjusted ae a function of the steepness of the installation and th~~ desired maximum speed. Similarly, the length of the strips 36 and their positioning is also adapted to the specif:lc layout of the installation.
As can be seen from Figs 4 and 4a, provided in the region of the cu~:ved segments 3b of the guide rail 3 are supporting pylons 7 which are designed with a plurality of more or less horizo:atally projecting struts 71 which are distributed over the curvature and by means of which the supporting and guide rail 3 is supported radially. The struts 71 are supported by means ~~f struts 72. Mounted on the two outer struts 71 are guide :rollers 73 over which the supporting cable 5 is guided and de~Elected. In order to ensure that the struts 71 can move to the necessary extent, the struts are articulated on the supporving pylons 7 such that they can be pivoted about vertic~~l axes. The pylons 7 are additionally supported by obliqu~aly inclined struts 70.
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The prca ent invention relates to an installation fox moving personi~ from a mountain station into a valley station. The instal:Lation has a supporting cable, which is guided via supports, and carriages that can be displaced along the supporting cable. An arrangement is fastened on the carriages fox accommodating at least one person for transport. The transport arrangement may be a cabin, a chair, a supporting harness, or the like.
An installation of this generic type is known frog the intern~.tional PCT publication WO 98/36811. There, between a valley station and a mountain station there is arranged, on the onE. hand, a haulage cable, which can convey transporting means, e.g. carriages provided with a supporting harness, to the mountain station, and, on the other hand, a rail which is borne by supports and along which the carriages can descend from the mountain station to the valley station.
The published document, however, only discloses such an installation in diagrammatic terms, whereas design details which axe critical for erecting such an installation, and operating it safely, are not disclosed.
The obaect of the present invention is thus to provide an inetal:lation.which is intended for moving persons from a mountain station into a valley station and satisfy the design and ea:Eety requirements.
With tile foregoing and other objects in view there is provided, in accordance with the invention, an installation for moving persons from a mountain station into a valley station, comprising:
a supporting cable extending from a mountain station to a valley station;
a carr~.age displaceably disposed along the supporting cable;
a tran~~port assembly, such as a cabin, a chair, or supporting harness, or the like, for accommodating at least one person attached to the carriage; and a supp~~rting and guide rail fastened on the supporting cable along which the carriages can be displaced from the mountain etatio:z to the valley station.
In acc~~rdance with an added feature of the invention, a plurality of pylons support the supporting cable between the mountain station and the valley station.
In accordance with an additional feature of the invention, the l0 supporting and guide rail is a T-shaped rail having a vertical web with a top end fastened on the supporting cable and legs latera:Lly projecting from the vertical web. The laterally projecting legs form a running surface for the carriage.
In accordance with another feature of the invention, brackets f.astenc~d at the top end of the vertical web of the T-shaped rail enclose the supporting cable and they are displaceably disposE:d with respect to the supporting cable.
In accordance with a further feature of the invention, eddy-current: brakes are disposed along the supporting and guide rail fc~r controlling a speed of the carriages moving along the supporting and guide rail.
In accordance with again an added feature of the invention, a number of strips of magnetically non-conducting material are fasten=d on the supporting and guide rail at locations of the inetalLation along the rail at which the carriages are to be braked. The strips may be formed of copper, aluminum, and/or high-grade, stainless steel.
In accordance with again an additional feature of the invention, the carriage comprises at least four running roller~a disposed to roll on the legs of the T-shaped rail and at leai3t two mating rollers adapted to roll on an underside of l0 the leas opposite from the running rollers. Furthermore, four guide ::ollers may be provided to roll on the vertical web of the T-c3ha~ed rail.
In accordance with again another feature of the invention, the supporting and guide rail ie formed of a multiplicity of individual rail sections that are interconnected with brackets .
In accordance with again a further feature of the invention, the supporting and guide rail is disposed in straight segments and cuzwed segments between the mountain station and the valley station. The strips of magnetically non-conducting material are fastened on the supporting and guide rail at locaticne upstream of the curved segments in a travel direction from the mountain station to the valley station. And the carriage carries at least one permanent magnet adapted to interact with the strips for braking the carriages upstream of the curved segments of the supporting and guide rail.
In acc~~rdance with yet an added feature of the invention, deflecting rollers support the supporting cable in the curved segments of the supporting and guide rail. In this case, a plurality of pylons support the supporting cable via the deflec~=ing rollers, and struts attach the supporting and guide rail to the supporting pylons.
In acc«rdance with a concomitant feature of the invention, a plurality of struts support the supporting and guide rail on the su~~porting pylons in the curved segments.
Other ::eatures which are considered as characteristic for the invent:i.on are set forth in the appended claims.
Although the invention is illustrated and described herein as embodis:d in an installation for moving persona from a mountain station into a valley station, it is nevertheless riot intended to be J.imited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made therein without. departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims.
The construction and method of operation of the invention, however, together with additional objects and advantages thereof will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accomp,~.nying drawings .
P~'~'L,e f -'~~ c r~2n 2t,_~'~le D ray~t.1,313.s Fig. I is a schematic plan view of such an installation;
Fig. 2 is a side view of the mountain station of the instal'Lation Fig. 2~i is an end view of a support;
Fig. 21~ is a side view of the valley station of the instal:lat ion;
Fig. 3 is a side view of the supporting and guide rail and a carriage;
Fig. 3<< is a plan view of the supporting and guide rail and a carriage;
Fig. 3k~ is a section taken along the line III-III of Fig. 3;
Fig. 4 shows a side view of a supporting pylon arranged along the pa~~h taken by the rail; and Fig. 4;~ is a plan view of the supporting pylon of Fig. 4.
Deecri~~tion of the Preferred Embodiments;
Referring now to the figures of the drawing in detail and first, particularly, to Fig. 1 thereof, there is seen an inetal:lation which is intended for moving persons from a mountain station into a valley station. The installation includes a conveying assembly 10 which is located between a valley station 1 of the installation and a mountain station 2 of the installation and is intended for carriages by means of which :individuals can be moved from the valley station 1 to the mountain station 2. The conveying assembly is formed, for example:, by an inclined lift or by a supporting and haulage cable t:o which the carriages can be coupled.
Since this part of the installation may be designed in any desired manner and does not form a constitute part of the invent9.on, it will not be explained in any more detail.
Running from the mountain station 2 ie a downwardly eloping rail 3 which.is borne by supports and pylons, is located at a distance from the ground and has rectilinear segrnente 3a and curved segments 3b, supporting pylons 7 being provided at least in the regions of the curved segments 3b and having the rail 3 fastened on them. A boarding location 21 ie located in the mo»ntain station 2 and a disembarking location 11 is locate~3 in the valley station 1. At the boarding location 21, a carriage with at least one passenger moves onto the rail_3.
The ca:~riage then descends by gravity along the rectilinear segments 3a and the curved segments 3b of the rail 3, without additional drive, to the disembarking location 11, which is located in the valley station 1.
Referring now to Figs 2 and 2a, there ie shown the design of the boarding location 21. At the boarding location 21, the guide rail 3, which is borne by supports 6, is aligned more or less horizontally. Carriages 4 are fed along the guide rail 3 1S in the direction of the arrow A and are provided with a supporting harness 40 which serves to accommodate passengers who pass into the boarding location 21 via a ramp 22. The more or less: horizontal section of the rail 3 is adjoined by downwardly inclined sections, as a result of which the carriactes 4 begin to descend to the valley station. In this region, the guide rail 3 is borne by pylons 7.
At the disembarking location 11, which is illustrated in Fig.
2b, thE: guide rail, once again, is designed with horizontal segment.a 3a, in which the carriages 4 are decelerated to the extent that the. passengers can alight from them. Thereafter, the carriages 4 are moved in the direction of the arrow B to the conveying assembly 10, by means of which they are transported to the mountain station 2.
The designs of the supporting and guide rail 3 and of the carriages 4 and also the fastening of the supporting and guide rail 3 will now be explained with reference to Fige 3, 3a and 3b.
l0 A cable 5 serves to fasten the rail 3. The cable 5 ie anchored firmly in the mountain station 2, is guided over deflecting rollers and supporting rollers, mounted on the supporting pylons 7, and is prestreeeed in the valley station 1 by means of a tensioning apparatus. The supporting and guide rail 3 is of T-shaped design in cross section. A more or less vertically aligned, central web 31 ie fastened on the cable 5 by means of U-ehap~-d brackets 33. The brackets 33 can be displaced with respect= to the cable 5. Both central web 31 and the two legs 32, which project transversely therefrom, of the T-shaped rail 3 serve ae guide tracks fox the rollers 41 of the carriage 4.
Furthermore, the individual sections of the rail 3 are coanect~ed to one another by means of brackets 35.
The ca~:riages 4 are equipped with two pairs of running rollers 41, which roll on the top side of the two legs 32, a pair of mating rollers 42, which roll on the underside of the two legs 32, an~3 two pairs of guide rollers 43, which roll on the two aide surfaces of the web 31.
Provided on the rail 3, in order to control the speed at which the carriages 4 descend along the rail 3, axe stripe 36 which are made of magnetically non-conducting material, in partic~.zlar of copper, of aluminum or high-grade steel (e. g.
stainless steel), are arranged, in particular, upstream of curved segments 3b of the supporting and guide rail 3 and are l0 assign~ad permanent magnets 46 arranged on the carriages 4.
Along with the stripe 36 made of non-conducting material, the permanent magnets 46 fulfill the function of eddy-current brakes, the action of which is directly proportional to the speed «f the carriages 4. As a result, the speed of the carria~~es 4 descending along the supporting and guide rail 3 is con~_rolled such that a reliable maximum speed is not exceeded, this ensuring the safety of the passengers. The braking strength of the eddy-current brakes ie advantageously adjusted ae a function of the steepness of the installation and th~~ desired maximum speed. Similarly, the length of the strips 36 and their positioning is also adapted to the specif:lc layout of the installation.
As can be seen from Figs 4 and 4a, provided in the region of the cu~:ved segments 3b of the guide rail 3 are supporting pylons 7 which are designed with a plurality of more or less horizo:atally projecting struts 71 which are distributed over the curvature and by means of which the supporting and guide rail 3 is supported radially. The struts 71 are supported by means ~~f struts 72. Mounted on the two outer struts 71 are guide :rollers 73 over which the supporting cable 5 is guided and de~Elected. In order to ensure that the struts 71 can move to the necessary extent, the struts are articulated on the supporving pylons 7 such that they can be pivoted about vertic~~l axes. The pylons 7 are additionally supported by obliqu~aly inclined struts 70.
Claims (16)
1. An installation for moving persons from a mountain station into a valley station, comprising:
a supporting cable extending from a mountain station to a valley station;
a carriage displaceably disposed along said supporting cable;
a transport assembly for accommodating at least one person attached to said carriage; and a supporting and guide rail fastened on said supporting cable along which the carriages can be displaced from the mountain station to the valley station.
a supporting cable extending from a mountain station to a valley station;
a carriage displaceably disposed along said supporting cable;
a transport assembly for accommodating at least one person attached to said carriage; and a supporting and guide rail fastened on said supporting cable along which the carriages can be displaced from the mountain station to the valley station.
2. The installation according to claim 1, which further comprises a plurality of pylons supporting said supporting cable between the mountain station and the valley station.
3. The installation according to claim 1, wherein said transport assembly is selected from the group consisting of a cabin, a chair, and a supporting harness.
4. The installation according to claim 1, wherein said supporting and guide rail is a T-shaped rail having a vertical web with a top end fastened on said supporting cable and legs laterally projecting from said vertical web, said legs forming a running surface for said carriage.
5. The installation according to claim 4, which further comprises brackets fastened at the top end of said vertical web of said T-shaped rail, said brackets enclosing said supporting cable and being displaceably disposed with respect to said supporting cable.
6. The installation according to claim 1, which further comprises eddy-current brakes disposed along said supporting and guide rail for controlling a speed of said carriages moving along said supporting and guide rail.
7. The installation according to claim 1, which further comprises strips of magnetically non-conducting material fastened on said supporting and guide rail at locations of the installation along said rail at which said carriages are to be braked, and permanent magnets disposed on said carriages for interacting with said strips.
8. The installation according to claim 7, wherein said magnetically non-conducting material of said strips is selected from the group consisting of copper, aluminum, and high-grade steel.
9. The installation according to claim 1, wherein said supporting and guide rail is a T-shaped rail having a vertical web and legs laterally projecting from said vertical web and forming a running surface for said carriage, said carriage comprising at least four running rollers disposed to roll on said legs of said T-shaped rail and at least two mating rollers adapted to roll on an underside of said legs opposite from said running rollers.
10. The installation according to claim 4 wherein said carriage further comprises four guide rollers adapted to roll on said vertical web of said T-shaped rail.
11. The installation according to claim 1, wherein said supporting and guide rail is formed of a multiplicity of individual, interconnected rail sections.
12. The installation according to claim 11, which further comprises brackets connecting said rail sections to one another.
13. The installation according to claim 1, wherein said supporting and guide rail is disposed in straight segments and curved segments between the mountain station and the valley station, and which further comprises strips of magnetically non-conducting material fastened on said supporting and guide rail at locations upstream of said curved segments in a travel direction from the mountain station to the valley station, and wherein said carriage carries at least one permanent magnet adapted to interact with said strips for braking said carriages upstream of the curved segments of said supporting and guide rail.
14. The installation according to claim 1, wherein said supporting and guide rail is disposed in straight segments and curved segments between the mountain station and the valley station, and which further comprises deflecting rollers supporting said supporting cable in said curved segments of said supporting and guide rail.
15. The installation according to claim 14, which further comprises a plurality of pylons supporting said supporting cable via said deflecting rollers, and struts attaching said supporting and guide rail to said supporting pylons.
16. The installation according to claim 14, which further comprises a plurality of struts supporting said supporting and guide rail on said supporting pylons in said curved segments.
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